They asked Jesus, "Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon in you?"

They said to him, "Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever obeys your teaching will never die.

"You have a demon in you!" the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon! He is crazy! Why do you listen to him?"

But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone!

Silence those liars--- all the proud and arrogant who speak with contempt about the righteous.

We have been mocked too long by the rich and scorned by proud oppressors.

Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp and share his shame.